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MORRIS
,
RUPERT HUGH
(
1843
-
1918
),
cleric and antiquary
;

b. at
Holywell
16 March 1843
, second son of
WilliamMorris
(
1812
-
1886
) (q.v.)
. From
Ruthin Grammar School
he went in
April 1861
to
Jesus College
,
Oxford
, graduating with classical honours in
1865
(
D.D.1884
). After four years on the staff of
Rossall
(he was ordained in
1867
), he was
principal
of
Carmarthen Training College
from
1869 till 1876
; in
1873
he received a
canonry
at
S. Davids
, which he retained for the rest of his life. From
1876 till 1884
he was
headmaster
of
Godolphin School
,
Hammersmith
, and a
vicar
in
London
from
1878 till 1882
; but in
1884
he removed to
Eccleston
to be
chaplain
and
librarian
to the
duke of Westminster
. He did good historical work during his ten years there — his
Chester during the Plantagenet and Tudor Reigns
(
1894
), and his history of the
diocese of Chester
(
1895
) may be specified. In
1894
the duke presented him to the living of
S. Gabriel's
,
Pimlico
; he d. there
2 Jan. 1918
. He was a member of the
Cambrian Archaeological Association
from
1890
, and
editor
of
Arch. Camb.
, to which he contributed good articles, from
1907 till 1918
. For that Society, too, he
edited
(
1909-11
)
EdwardLhuyd
's
Parochialia
, but his knowledge of
Welsh
was not quite adequate for this task.